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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

In medicine (pulmonology), psittacosis -- also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis-- is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, sea gulls and many other species of bird. The incidence of infection in canaries and finches is believed to be lower than in psittacine birds.